Vision has been uploaded to social media of what one resident thought looked like "a train in the sky". Source: Lindsay Beckham / Facebook
A delay in the Brittany Higgins case is not expected to impact the implementation of key workplace culture reforms, including at Parliament House.Federal Minister for Women Katy Gallagher says the advice she has received, after a court ruling, was that the timeframe for the recommendations of the landmark Respect@Work report will not delayed.
The US Supreme Court's overturning of a landmark abortion decision is a reminder that people need to be vigilant in protecting their freedoms, Australia's minister for women says.The ruling against the 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision, which guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion, is devastating for many women but shows the importance of protecting fundamental rights, Katy Gallagher says.
Peter Overton assured viewers 'all is ok' after explaining why his right eye might not be 'looking its best'. Find out why.
Western Australia's favourable GST return has been highlighted as the state secured a AAA credit rating for the first time in almost a decade.Ratings agency S&P; Global says the upgrade from AA+ reflects WA's "continued budgetary outperformance" compared with other jurisdictions.
The Kremlin has rejected claims it has defaulted on its external debt for the first time in more than a century, after a grace period on $US100 million ($144 million) interest payments ran out.In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia made bond payments due in May but the fact they had been blocked by Euroclear because of Western sanctions on Russia was "not our problem".
Five Australian men including current world No.2 Jack Robinson remain in the hunt at the World Surf League Rio Pro with a second lay day called on Sunday.
A retired AFL star accused of trafficking $230,000 worth of drugs should be bailed so he can address his escalating addiction, his lawyer says.Sam Fisher, 39, applied for bail in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday after he was last month charged under a joint investigation between West Australian and Victorian detectives.
NSW police are marking what would have been the 11th birthday of William Tyrrell, as the force continues to attempt to crack the case of the missing boy.William was three when he disappeared from his foster grandmother's home in Kendall, on the NSW mid north Coast in September 2014.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says a planned review of operations of the Reserve Bank of Australia is not about taking pot-shots at governor Philip Lowe but to ensure monetary policy settings are right.Dr Chalmers will soon release the terms of the review, an inquiry that was backed by former treasurer Josh Frydenberg before the May election.
Two gunmen remain on the run after dumping a stolen car involved in the Melbourne shooting of a former bikie gang member.Suleiman "Sam" Abdulrahim, an ex-Mongols member aged in his 30s, was behind the wheel of a Mercedes 4WD in Fawkner just before midday on Saturday when he was gunned down.
Energy regulators have been told to junk "overly complicated" proposals on transmission access and adjust to the new federal government's $20 billion plan for the electricity grid.Australia's largest generator and emitter AGL says Labor's Rewiring the Nation policy will alleviate many of the short-term issues previously identified by regulators.
Group of Seven leaders have pledged to raise $US600 billion ($A864 billion) in private and public funds over five years to finance infrastructure in developing countries and counter China's multi-trillion-dollar Belt and Road project.US President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders relaunched the newly renamed "Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment", at their annual gathering being held this year at Schloss Elmau in southern Germany.
Hundreds of protestors stormed Sydney city streets throwing items on the road.
Premier Daniel Andrews is selling his new cabinet ahead of incoming Victorian ministers being sworn in at Government House.Mr Andrews stepped out with incoming health minister Mary-Anne Thomas and newly promoted cabinet member Sonya Kilkenny on Sunday after unveiling the frontbench he will take to the November state election.
A group of dedicated exhibitionists are doing their bit to help Ukraine, and insist they're not sex workers.
Pubs and clubs across Australia are letting patrons to buy now, pay later when it comes to alcohol, and experts are concerned the shift could lead to "financial hangovers".Researchers at Victoria's Deakin University are investigating whether the schemes are leaving customers worse off than when they pay with other methods like credit cards.
Hong Kong on July 1 will mark its 25th anniversary under Chinese rule.The financial hub returned to China from Britain in 1997, with promises of wide-ranging freedoms and autonomy under "one country, two systems" governance.
Keith Birmingham/AAPIn a post-Roe world, 26 US states are certain or likely to ban abortion and one quarter of abortion clinics are predicted to close. Indeed, many closed the day Roe was overruled. With increasing ferocity over the past 15 years, abortion access in the US has been gradually eroded since the 1973 landmark Supreme Court ruling on Roe v Wade, through measures including the banning of federal funding for abortion, and state laws that enforce mandatory counselling and stringent lice
A Sydney chiropractor has been jailed for at least five years and six months for repeatedly sexually assaulting a Japanese patient who sought treatment for her lower back and groin pain.Riaz Behi, 47, was convicted by a jury at his second trial of 13 charges including aggravated sexual touching and aggravated sexual assault of a person under his authority.
